Maury Castro, an organist, is
minister of music at the First Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York, a
position he has held since August 2008. After completing a B.A. degree in
theology at Pacific Union College in 2000, he completed an
M.Div. at Andrews University in 2002.

Castro pursued graduate study
in philosophy for a year at Boston College and then completed a Master of
Sacred Music in Organ Performance at Boston University, where he studied organ
with Peter Sykes and choral conducting with Miguel Felipe. Previous organ
teachers included Richard Clark and Del Case.

Before accepting his present
position, he was minister of music at the Eliot Church of Newton in Newton,
Massachusetts. He also serves as accompanist for the Festival Celebration
Choir, based in the capitol district of nearby Albany. Castro is a member of
the American Guild of Organists, Choristers Guild, Presbyterian Association of
Musicians, and the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.

He and his wife, Kerén, an elementary school language arts teacher, have three
daughters, Delia, Chiara, and Gabrielle.

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Sources:
Winter 2009 ViewPoint, Journal of Pacific
Union College, 25; website, First Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York (2013).